The Great Rebellion: Its Secret History, Rise, Progress, and Disastrous FailureA personal memoir and observations of the politics and overall secession by the Confederacy leading up to and during the U.S. Civil War. |
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... exists by the Con- stitution and local law of the states , far stronger than if it were scattered over all the territory of the United States , when it too would be cut up in detail , and no vestige of it would be left in twenty years ...
... exists by the Con- stitution and local law of the states , far stronger than if it were scattered over all the territory of the United States , when it too would be cut up in detail , and no vestige of it would be left in twenty years ...
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... exist any where ; but there was a precedent in the acquisition of Louisiana for acquiring territory by the treaty - making power , for which Mr. Jefferson subsequently suggested the propriety of an amendment of the Constitu- tion ; so ...
... exist any where ; but there was a precedent in the acquisition of Louisiana for acquiring territory by the treaty - making power , for which Mr. Jefferson subsequently suggested the propriety of an amendment of the Constitu- tion ; so ...
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... exists a considerable division in the ranks of the Whig party in relation to the subject of the annexation of Texas , I would respectfully ask if you are unconditional- ly opposed to this measure ? There is a large and respectable ...
... exists a considerable division in the ranks of the Whig party in relation to the subject of the annexation of Texas , I would respectfully ask if you are unconditional- ly opposed to this measure ? There is a large and respectable ...
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... exists , but I will neither assist in nor encourage any attempt to force it upon a reluctant people any where , and still less will I justi- fy the use of the military power of the country to establish it in any of the territories . If ...
... exists , but I will neither assist in nor encourage any attempt to force it upon a reluctant people any where , and still less will I justi- fy the use of the military power of the country to establish it in any of the territories . If ...
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... exists . I believe I have no right to do so , and I have no in- clination to do so . " Upon which , together with other sim- ilar declarations during his canvass in the State of Illinois , Judah P. Benjamin - the St. Domingo Jew , since ...
... exists . I believe I have no right to do so , and I have no in- clination to do so . " Upon which , together with other sim- ilar declarations during his canvass in the State of Illinois , Judah P. Benjamin - the St. Domingo Jew , since ...
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Page 395 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 388 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts ; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 386 - ... endangered by the now incoming administration. I add, too, that all the protection which, consistently with the Constitution and the laws, can be given will be cheerfully given to all the States when lawfully demanded, for whatever cause, as cheerfully to one section as to another.
Page 386 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 178 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 387 - It is scarcely questioned that this provision was intended by those who made it for the reclaiming of what we call fugitive slaves ; and the intention of the law-giver is the law. All members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution — to this provision as much as any other. To the proposition, then, that slaves, whose cases come within the terms of this clause, "shall be delivered up,
Page 393 - Our common country is in great peril, demanding the loftiest views and boldest action to bring a speedy relief. Once relieved, its form of government is saved to the world ; its beloved history and cherished memories are vindicated, and its happy future fully assured and rendered inconceivably grand. To you, more than to any others, the privilege is given to assure that happiness and swell that grandeur, and to link your own names therewith forever.
Page 106 - Constitution ; that all efforts of the Abolitionists or others made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of Slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences ; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political institutions.
Page 388 - Whatever else I may do for the purpose, I shall not attempt to collect the duties and imposts by any armed invasion of any part of the country; not meaning by this, however, that I may not land a force deemed necessary to relieve a fort upon the border of the country.
Page 392 - The incidents of the war cannot be avoided. If the war continues long, as it must if the object be not sooner attained, the institution in your States will be extinguished by mere friction and abrasion — by the mere incidents of the war. It will be gone, and you will have nothing valuable in lieu of it. Much of its value is gone already. How much better for you and for your people to take the step which at once shortens the war, and secures substantial compensation for that which is sure to be...